Speaking of animals eating...
Which I was, in my previous post...
What the hell is UP with the way people feed their dogs? I worked at a kennel for a while and saw this odd behavior before, but I put it out of my mind until the other day when I was cleaning. I finally unpacked the rest of Daisy's stuff and inside of a large container of food, were these two tiny cups. And, it reminded me. I lifted one out, looked at Daisy, who was watching me and asked her "THIS is all you got? THIS?" She just sat there, panting, looking at me. I just shook my head and went on cleaning.The container that I can only guess was used to scoop out food was TINY. I could hold more dog food in my hand, fer Christsake. Why do people do this shit? They feed the dog 7 kernels of food at a time, 26 times a day. What the FUCK? Some other people put weird shit in it like cooked carrots, vegetable oil (that one I understand, at least) and all other manner of crap. I swear, they put more thought, time and effort into feeding a dog than they could possibly put into dinner every day. It's fuckin' insane. Now, I love animals. Any and all of 'em and if I ever had to choose between feeding myself, or them, it's them. I don't just throw down any 'ol shit for my dogs, but, damn, people... I do it my Pop-pop's way. Plenty of fresh water all the time and a calfbucket full of dry food 24/7. Even my outside dog, but not a whole bucket. I just want to make sure they've got food whenever they get hungry, I don't try to regulate their hunger. I've got three dogs in here and they all share the bucket of food. I fill it about once a day, maybe fill-it-and-a-half, and everybody is fine with it and fit as fiddles. Jesus, if I tried that retarded '7-pieces-of-food-at-a-time' shit, I'd be here a year everyday. (Well, that ain't no dumber than feeding dogs like that and besides...y'all know what I mean.)
My cats also have 24/7 access to their food. And, they still kill mice and spiders and the occasional bird. So, why do people DO that?
(And, people call ANIMALS neurotic...)
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Uh, Stevie...
Your dogs get more exercise than simply dragging their fat asses from couch to food bowl & back.
I've always found that an active dog is pretty good at regulating its food intake, but an an inactive one has to be restricted or it'll overeat until it's really unhealthy. They seem to lose the natural relationship between appetite and energy expenditure. (same could be said for some people I know, heh.)
Your dogs get more exercise than simply dragging their fat asses from couch to food bowl & back.
I've always found that an active dog is pretty good at regulating its food intake, but an an inactive one has to be restricted or it'll overeat until it's really unhealthy. They seem to lose the natural relationship between appetite and energy expenditure. (same could be said for some people I know, heh.)
Posted by: Light & Dark at October 20, 2003 09:37 PM (Hrm9v)
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You're right, of course. And, I know what they say about 'assuming', but these same people schedule 'playtime' for their dogs, too (which sooo reminds me of those dopey 'play dates' kids get drug to these days.) What ever happened to groups of either species just plain playing? Both groups eat a ton and both could play it right back off if they were allowed to be what they are-dogs and/or kids.
I do believe there are lotsa people who just like to make things 10 times more difficult than they need to be.
I do believe there are lotsa people who just like to make things 10 times more difficult than they need to be.
Posted by: Stevie at October 20, 2003 11:00 PM (L1uCQ)
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My dogs favorite treats are baby carrots. Better for them than regular goodies too.
Posted by: Ted at October 21, 2003 05:25 AM (2sKfR)
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Oh, yeah...my dogs eat a good variety of stuff like that at intervals, too. Matter of fact, I don't know of anything we eat that they don't like. Including those gummy Livesaver things, Caeser salad dressing, fruit, vegetables, including corn on the cob, and cereal, Cheeto's, chocolate cookies, Doritos and all other manner of shit. Not that we GIVE them all that stuff. Those last few items were shamelessly ripped off by Ziggy and consumed in the night, like some kinda 'pantry-vampire', the putz.
They also go through stages where they think the litter box is some kinda treat dispenser. Ughhh.
And, I'm certain, btw, that if I were to put cat shit in their food bucket, they'd wanna call the cops, or something. I don't git that whole deal. I don't care whats in it I think I need, I ain't eatin' poop. lol
NyQuil is bad enough, thanks.
God...they'd probabaly try to eat that, too. rotfl
They also go through stages where they think the litter box is some kinda treat dispenser. Ughhh.
And, I'm certain, btw, that if I were to put cat shit in their food bucket, they'd wanna call the cops, or something. I don't git that whole deal. I don't care whats in it I think I need, I ain't eatin' poop. lol
NyQuil is bad enough, thanks.
God...they'd probabaly try to eat that, too. rotfl
Posted by: Stevie at October 21, 2003 03:27 PM (QvOMA)
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